U-Mary beats Concordia-St. Paul to open season with win

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Craig Bagnell threw three touchdown passes in less than 3 minutes and the University of Mary started its season with a victory Saturday afternoon.

Bagnell threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns as the Marauders defeated Concordia-St. Paul 32-26 in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football game, which was also the season opener for both teams.

Dickinson native Tyler Steffan led the Marauders with 101 yards receiving on four catches, though he didn’t score a touchdown.

He fumbled a 66-yard pass from Bagnell, which was picked up by Mary receiver Myron Baldoz-McArn in the end zone. A two-point conversion pass from Bagnell to Brian Sandy put the Marauders (1-0, 1-0 NSIC) ahead 32-19.

Nick Jolliffe, Elby Pope and Sandy each caught touchdown passes from Bagnell. Jolliffe scored his with 8 seconds left in the first half and Pope and Sandy scored within the first 2½ minutes of the third quarter.

Mike Wagner, a Killdeer High School graduate and Mary’s captain as a safety, had an interceptions.

Concordia-St. Paul quarterback James Peterson was 30 of 48 for 436 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions.

CSP 0 14 0 12 — 26

Mary 0 10 14 8 — 32

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

MARY–Tyler Ryan 24 field goal, 8:32.

CSP–Jermaine Clemon 24 pass from James Peterson (T. Obarski kick good), 6:39.

CSP–Peterson 1 run (Obarski kick good), 2:01.

MARY–Nick Jolliffe 3 pass from Craig Bagnell (Ryan kick good), :08.

Third quarter

MARY–Elby Pope 34 pass from Bagnell (Ryan kick good), 13:52.

MARY–Bryan Sandy 28 pass from Bagnell (Ryan kick good), 12:47.

Fourth quarter

CSP–Obarski 33 field goal, 14:51.

CSP–Safety, 6:53.

MARY–Myron Baldoz-McArn fumble recovery, 2:27.

CSP– Cordell Smith 24 pass from Peterson (Obarski kick good), 1:18.

TEAM STATISTICS CSP MARY

First downs 30 19

Rushes-yards 42-157 29-1

Passing yards 436 359

Comp.-Att.-Int. 30-48-4 24-40-1

Total yards 593 360

Fumbles-lost 1-1 5-2

Penalties-yards 12-110 9-56

Punts-Avg. 4-42 6-44.5

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: CSP, Tre Spears 26-117, Ronald Zollicoffer 2-2, James Peterson 7-26, Jason White 7-12. MARY, Depray Celestine 14-0, Craig Bagnell 5-(-minus 17), Evan Gross 10-18.

PASSING: CSP, Peterson, 30-48-4, 436. MARY, Bagnell 24-40-1, 359.

RECEIVING: CSP, Cordell Smith 8-147, Nate Thienes 8-121, Zollicoffer 4-41, Tre Mason 3-41, White 3-27, Jermaine Clemon 1-24, Dustin Christen 1-16, Corey Cole 1-11, Raphael Washington 1-8. MARY, Bryan Sandy 5-56, Nick Jolliffe 5-37, Tyler Steffan 4-101, Elby Pope 4-73, Myron Baldoz-McArn 4-61, DJ Young 1-25, Celestine 1-6.

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

TACKLES: CSP, Jordan Halverson 10, Jeremy Randle 7, Josh Trifunov 7, Chris Sesson 7, Denzell Blackmon 7. MARY, Scott Maldonado 19, Grant Singer 10, Gary Gellerman 8, Andrew Richter 7, Mikey Ingemansen 7.

SACKS: CSP, Zach Moore. MARY, none.

INTERCEPTIONS: CSP, Jay Moten. MARY, Andrew Richter, Stefon Jones, Mike Wagner.

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